CVE-2006-6474

high

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan for Linux 4510e and earlier includes the current working directory in the DT_RPATH environment variable, which allows local users to load arbitrary ELF DSO libraries and execute arbitrary code by installing malicious libraries in that directory.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30898

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5023

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21592

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017385

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-15.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/23429

http://secunia.com/advisories/23278

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-12-14

Updated: 2017-07-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High